The University of Coimbra and the Independence of Brazil: Documentary and bibliographical exhibition catalogue

Authors

João Nuno Calvão da Silva
University of Coimbra
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1306-6901
Keywords: Brazil, Independence, Commemorations of the bicentenary of the Independence of Brazil, Pre- and post-colonial historical documents between Brazil and Portugal, University of Coimbra, Alumni

Synopsis

The University of Coimbra was the alma mater of many of the key players in Brazil's Independence. Between 1822 and 1831, despite the illiteracy of the overwhelming majority of the Brazilian population, 86.7% of Ministers, Senators and Councillors had a university degree and 71.8% of these had obtained their qualification in Coimbra. The Brazilian historian J. Murilo de Carvalho has even attributed the unity of the new independent country to the Coimbra background of its intellectual elites. In the year in which the 200th anniversary of this event is being celebrated, the UC has designed an exhibition of 66 original pieces of documentation, which clearly show their involvement in the process of Independence. The project originated with a request made to the General Library of the University of Coimbra by the Vice-Rector for External Relations and Alumni, which was immediately joined by the University Archive.

Author Biography

João Nuno Calvão da Silva , University of Coimbra

Assistant Professor at FDUC; Ph.D. in European Union Law from FDUC (Passed with distinction and commendation, unanimously; 2015); M.A. in European Union Law from FDUC (unanimously approved with 18/20; 2007); Graduation in Law at FDUC (17/20; winner of several school prizes, including the Doutor Manuel de Andrade Award - for the best student at the 1995/2000 graduation); Several conferences and publications (national and international); Member of the juries of the oral exams for access to the Centre for Judicial Studies (CEJ); (Co)Coordinator of the European Jurisprudence module of the Jurisprudence Course of the FDUC; Lecturer in several Courses and Post-Graduation Courses organized by Institutes of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (Centre for the Study of Regulation and Competition Law, Legal Institute of Communication, Institute of Banking, Stock Exchange and Insurance Law, Centre for Contract and Consumer Law, Coimbra Association for European Studies) and other Universities (e.g. Católica); Deputy Director of the Sino-Lusophone Academy of the University of Coimbra (since October 2018); Vice-President of the Coimbra European Studies Association of the Law School of the University of Coimbra (since February 2017); Executive Director of the Legal Institute of Communication of the Law School of the University of Coimbra (since November 2015); Legal advisor to the Order of Notaries (2015/2017 and in 2007/2009); Assistant to the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs (2014/2015); Assistant to the Minister of State and Regional Development (2013/2014); Visiting researcher at the European University Institute (2011); Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau from 2002 to 2004; Lawyer (registration suspended at his request since 2002).

A Universidade de Coimbra e a Independência do Brasil
Published
September 6, 2022

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ISBN-13 (15)
978-989-26-2275-0
doi
10.14195/978-989-26-2275-0